What is the purpose of section 8 of the Charter and what is the scope of the search and seizure?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. Poblete et al., 2018 BCPC 152 (CanLII):

Applying the above, the purpose of section 8 of the Charter is the protection of an individual’s privacy from state intrusion by guarding against unreasonable search and seizure: Hunter v. Southam Inc., 1984 CanLII 33 (SCC), [1984] 2 S.C.R. 145.

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